Five on Friday- October Style

Happy Friday everyone! Since October is sadly almost over, my 5 on Friday will be an October Special. :)

ONE- Halloween

I love Halloween and dressing up, but didn't realize my wedding date would mess that up for a few years. Our anniversary is the 27th, so when that falls on the weekend it is normally the weekend Halloween is celebrated.  Last year was our wedding, and this year we will be in Gatlinburg.  Hopefully next year we will be back in the Halloween festivities.  Here is a little throw back from 2 years ago.  (Glitter) Bee & her Bee Keeper.

 TWO- Boots

Who doesn't love a good pair of cute fall boots? I have a light brown pair I definitely wear out, but have been wanting a new darker brown pair.  I have my eye out now for the perfect pair!

THREE- Pumpkin

I posted a Fall one before and mentioned my love of pumpkin flavor, but I have been slacking a bit this year.  I did see on an episode of Ellen (FAVORITE show) all the crazy pumpkin things this year. Waffles, M&M's, chips, dog treats, coffee, bread, yogurt, beer, poptarts, ice cream, everything!! Some things I don't think should be pumpkin flavored.  Anything weird you guys have had pumpkin you thought would be gross but actually turned out good??

FOUR- Weather

Love it!  It is starting to get chilly, but not to the bone cold. Here is our forecast for our weekend in Gatlinburg, yay!

FIVE- Love

And most importantly I love that October is the month to celebrate my marriage.  Cheers!

Happy last Friday in October!!!!

Marriage- One Year

Holy cow, in just 4 days will be our big one year! I am going to go ahead and do a little post about it now since I know I won't be on this weekend.  I am so excited for our mini getaway and spending some quality time relaxing in the mountains.  We leave for Gatlinburg, TN on Saturday morning to stay at a cute little B&B I found.  It got rave reviews and the breakfast looks AMAZING.  I also have our restaurants planned our for dinner, so let's just say this will be a FOOD trip!  Luckily it's only about a 4-4 1/2 hour drive for us, so we will have most of the day Saturday, all day Sunday, and then will head back after checkout on Monday. I plan on doing a lot of eating, shopping, site seeing, and relaxing.

I won't write a mushy post about my one of a kind husband, but I will include a link HERE if you want to go back and read my sappy Valentine's day one! :) Long story short, life is great and marriage is amazing.

It's crazy to think it's already (almost) been a year since that FREEZING day in October that we said our I do's. Despite the weather, it was the best day ever and I had a blast.  It was definitely my dream wedding.. my friends and family all together to celebrate the most important thing in my life. That day was 100% to me about the marriage and not the "wedding" part of it. Sure, I had a blast planning and decorating, but my real excitement was what would be at the end of the day.. Husband and Wife.

Here are a few pictures from our special day.  Sorry if they are a bit blurry, but I don't have the originals with me, so these are versions saved off Facebook.
 

So since we got married back in MS where I am from, our cake has been there in the freezer for the past year.  My mom went to UPS to check on the best way to send something frozen, and keep it frozen.  The guy told her to get some dry ice, bring it all in, and they would pack it up for her.  This was mailed last Wednesday, and happily I received it at work on Friday.  Well I was happy.. until I opened it and realized the bag the dry ice was in was EMPTY and had completely evaporated on the two day trip!!! From what I think happened, it lasted about a day and the last 24 hours the cake spent thawing out.  It actually isn't that big of a deal since now we won't have to carry the cake with us on our trip, and we get to enjoy a dessert that, honestly, will probably be way better than a year old cake at dinner.  We did eat a piece on Friday night and it wasn't bad.  The texture was kind of gooey, but the flavor was still good.  It is actually still in our fridge, but probably getting chunked soon.

Cheers to a Happy 1 Year.. and many, many more.

I love you Lance Rowland.

New Beginnings

Well this past weekend we finally went in search of a new car! I had been looking for months and had narrowed down my favorite to the Chevy Equinox.  We knew we wanted an SUV, but not something huge or too small.  This seemed to be the perfect in between fit with size, plus I loved the inside look.  Last week I saw one come up online that I really liked look-wise and price-wise.. which is not very common.  Lance reluctantly agreed to go look at it, so on Saturday morning- off we went. Oh my word, car shopping is EXHAUSTING!!!!! We really liked the first one we saw, but he didn't want to settle before we looked at a few more, so we went to one more dealer and were POOPED! We then decided yes, the first one was it.  Long story short, our whole Saturday and Sunday was consumed with car shopping and finally around 4:00pm on Sunday we were driving away in our new fancy (as I like to say), Equinox.  I hope this car lasts me forever, because I do not want to go through that process again for a long, looooong time.  Here are a few pics I snapped on Sunday! :) I was exhausted when I took these, so I didn't get any of the backseat or very back, but you get the idea!

As weird as it sounds, I am definitely going to miss my little Sentra.  I got that car brand new my Senior year of high school (10 years this coming February!). We have been through a lot and it's been a good little car, unfortunately I just wanted something bigger and newer.  We are going to keep it a few weeks and then sell it on our own, so I will probably still drive it some to work to save a little on gas.  I have a pretty far commute and this V6 SUV is not going to be nice to me at the gas tank, yikes!

So here it is.. Our new beginning in our new car!! :) :)

Five on Friday

I don't know about yall, but Friday's are definitely the BEST.  You have almost survived a full work week, and the weekend is within arm's reach.  This weekend we actually do not have too much planned, just a few things we want to get done, but in no order or time.  So out of the norm for us and I am so glad to hopefully get some nice relaxation in!!!  I am linking up again today for my 5 on Friday and my 5 today are pretty random, but just a few of my fav's lately.

ONE

I am so excited that the Renaissance Festival is back in town! If you live in the Charlotte area, this is a MUST.  I went for the first time last year and it is SO. MUCH. FUN.  The food, crafts, little shops, shows, and just characters walking around.  It is such a neat event and I hope we will be able to go within the next few weeks.  Here is there website if you want to check it out---  http://www.royalfaires.com/carolina/

I love anything Zodiac, and got this awesome gem last year at the fest.  It is stone and VERY heavy.  I think I paid maybe $20 or $25 for this?  Sorry for the bad pic.. I was snapping them last night from my phone before heading to bed! :)

TWO

I have been wanting to throw this in for awhile.  I was never a big lip stick/lip gloss wearer and about a year or two ago I decided to go on the hunt for one.  I wanted something that lasted a long time, and also didnt leave that nasty line across your lips.  I found the PERFECT product.  Revlon ColorSay Lipglaze

This stuff is AWESOME.  It's around $9-$10, so a steal! My go to color is the one above, #530 Infinite Rose.  I sometimes will pair them up since this is a lighter shade and add #510 Forever Fig, underneath. 

THREE

Next is just a cute little must have.  Being a girl, I feel like always having Kleenex handy is a must.  Kleenex brand now makes these cute little travel pouches that have such a nifty layout.  They come 3 to a pack (each being a different design).  Here is the one my purse is currently holding:

and the inside..

FOUR

I am loving my new shower curtain I got a few weeks ago and had to share.  Again, I snapped this last night with my cell phone, so not the best quality.  With the lighting, the green isn't true to color, but in reality it's a nice dark olive green.  I picked this up at World Market and was so excited to get it home and put up.  I can not tell you how excited it made me when World Market came back to Charlotte. I LOVE this store!

FIVE

Of course I have to throw in our one year is 2 weeks from Sunday, and I am SOO excited for our trip to Gatlingburg.  I have, with the help of some wonderful friends' suggestions, picked out two AMAZING restaurants for our dinner plans while we are there and also a few attractions.  We are staying at a Bed & Breakfast, so that meal will for sure be wonderful.  I might not fit into my clothes when we get back! :)

I have always loved this look on his face in the picture.  It's like, "Yep, we did it- Let's go party!" haha

HAPPY FRIDAY!